I Don't Want To Mush On A Glacier... (Metlakatla, Hope: work, home)

[Metlakatla]

Now that I've got some spare time maybe I'll celebrate my first full day out of work to see how long it will take me to get banned from the Alaska section of cruise critic.com

[Barkingowl]

Make sure to comment in my thread about Senor Frogs.

[Metlakatla]

Linky please?

[Barkingowl]

Originally Posted by cobolt

Barkingowl....I am certain your common sense is NOT that of the average touron, but I'll say this anyway...Do not, I repeat, do not, purchase or be caught dead in any of those "Alaska" tee shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, with moose, bear, various wildlife depicted on them. It's just tacky and a total tip off (in case you weren't wearing the white tennies) that you're a touron. Most people don't think that stuff is cool except maybe some lesser 48 weenies, who wear teddy bear sweatshirts and have their homes decorated in dried flowers and pictures of ducks and puppies. You get my drift.

I like the Skinny Dick shirts with the happy polar bears but most of my T shirts are Corvette related, have owls on them or are just a solid color. Sometimes I'll wear a Henley shirt & push the arms up to reveal my tats.

Originally Posted by Xa'at

As Met said---don't buy jewelery...all that cr@p is made in China or somewhere.

Diamonds International & the rest of their ilk are own by Carnival Cruise Lines. I loathe DI almost as much as I loathe Walmart.

Originally Posted by Xa'at

If you do want to buy stuff...there are artists, local artists who live YEAR ROUND in AK. Seek them out!

Definitely!

Originally Posted by Xa'at

Have fun. Listen to the peeps on this forum. They are awesome. Alaskans in general are very awesome.

I've noticed. That's why I have the Alaska forum set as the first page that I start off with here. I just told my wife that I'm going to apply for the state archivist position in Juneau. She wasn't as freaked out as I thought she'd be.

[Metlakatla]

I hope you get that job...and I'm whacking you over the head with my tinker toy wand just now...poof, you're already an honorary Alaskan.

[Barkingowl]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

Linky please?

http://www.city-data.com/forum/trave...gs-alaska.html

[Barkingowl]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

I hope you get that job...and I'm whacking you over the head with my tinker toy wand just now...poof, you're already an honorary Alaskan.

I'm honored.

BTW Any of the smilies that you see me using that you like... Feel free to use them. My photo server doesn't charge me for bandwidth.

[Metlakatla]

LOL--I thought you were talking about a hellhole of a bored called cruise critic.com

I think I got banned from there last fall; hell I don't know. I do a lot of traveling though and have different IPs...

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=55

The only Alaskans posting on this bored are carpetbaggers or quasi carpetbaggers fawning over the touron penny. Makes me sick. If I'm in town another night and get with the Captain I just may wander over there....

[Barkingowl]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

LOL--I thought you were talking about a hellhole of a bored called cruise critic.com

I'm a member over there too. I find that a lot of the links that are posted in the Alaska section are not my cup of tea, but they often contain other more useful links that have been helpful in planning my trip.

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

I think I got banned from there last fall; hell I don't know. I do a lot of traveling though and have different IPs...

It takes a lot to get kicked off CC. I salute you!

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

Alaska - Cruise Forums - Cruise Message Boards - Cruise Critic

The only Alaskans posting on this bored are carpetbaggers or quasi carpetbaggers fawning over the touron penny. Makes me sick. If I'm in town another night and get with the Captain I just may wander over there....

Well I wouldn't doubt that CC is supported either directly or indirectly by the cruise industry.

So tell me do you like the Captain straight up or hidden within another flavor?

[Metlakatla]

It's good disguised in hot apple cider. One must be ingenious at times...I usually double cup it and hang a teabag out of the bottom cup....last night though I enjoyed a slight bit of the Captain all hot and buttered and used raw brown sugar for the mixture...yum.